Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kuma

Hiroshi Kuma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10787972
    Abstract: When there is a restart request to an engine, an electronic control unit controls a wastegate valve to a fully open position on condition that a speed of a vehicle is less than a threshold. When the vehicle speed is not less than the threshold, the electronic control unit restarts the engine and controls the wastegate valve in the closing direction until a desired torque is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Igarashi, Takato Hatano, Hiroshi Kuma
  • Publication number: 20200088114
    Abstract: When there is a restart request to an engine, an electronic control unit controls a wastegate valve to a fully open position on condition that a speed of a vehicle is less than a threshold. When the vehicle speed is not less than the threshold, the electronic control unit restarts the engine and controls the wastegate valve in the closing direction until a desired torque is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki IGARASHI, Takato HATANO, Hiroshi KUMA
  • Patent number: 10006332
    Abstract: An engine system includes a turbocharger (16), an exhaust gas control apparatus (81), a fuel addition device (82), a heating unit, and an ECU. The turbocharger includes a variable nozzle mechanism (34). The exhaust gas control apparatus is disposed on an exhaust downstream side of the exhaust turbine in an exhaust passage. The fuel addition device is configured to add a fuel to the exhaust gas of the engine to recover the function of the exhaust gas control apparatus on a further exhaust upstream side than the exhaust turbine. The heating unit is configured to heat the link chamber (52). The ECU is configured to execute heating control for controlling the initiation and the stopping of heating by the heating unit and execute the heating control in a period overlapping with at least part of a period when the addition of the fuel by the fuel addition device is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kuma
  • Publication number: 20170145891
    Abstract: An engine system includes a turbocharger (16), an exhaust gas control apparatus (81), a fuel addition device (82), a heating unit, and an ECU. The turbocharger includes a variable nozzle mechanism (34). The exhaust gas control apparatus is disposed on an exhaust downstream side of the exhaust turbine in an exhaust passage. The fuel addition device is configured to add a fuel to the exhaust gas of the engine to recover the function of the exhaust gas control apparatus on a further exhaust upstream side than the exhaust turbine. The heating unit is configured to heat the link chamber (52). The ECU is configured to execute heating control for controlling the initiation and the stopping of heating by the heating unit and execute the heating control in a period overlapping with at least part of a period when the addition of the fuel by the fuel addition device is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi KUMA
  • Patent number: 7896618
    Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced. Since the pressure loss is thus made small, a drop in the efficiency can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
  • Publication number: 20090092486
    Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced. Since the pressure loss is thus made small, a drop in the efficiency can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Hirotaka HIGASHIMORI, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
  • Patent number: 7476081
    Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced. Since the pressure loss is thus made small, a drop in the efficiency can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
  • Publication number: 20070134086
    Abstract: An object is to improve the efficiency of a compressor by preventing localized concentration of a boundary layer occurring on the surface of a hub, and by inducing a reduction in the thickness of the boundary layer. There is a compressor impeller having a plurality of blades, and a hub disposed at the root of this plurality of blades, and in which at least part of the surface of the hub on which a fluid flows is inclined in relation to an axis of rotation, wherein a boundary layer reduction part which induces a reduction in the thickness of a boundary layer occurring due to a flow of fluid is provided on the surface of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Kunio Sumida, Toru Suita
  • Publication number: 20070077147
    Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced and since pressure loss is thus made small, drop in the efficiency can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
  • Publication number: 20050254954
    Abstract: An object is to provide an impeller which can suppress or prevent reversed flow of a fluid within a diffuser and raise the efficiency of a mixed flow compressor. In an impeller of a mixed flow compressor that has a plurality of blades, and a hub disposed at the root of this plurality of blades, and in which the surface of the hub on which trailing edges of the plurality of blades are located, is inclined with respect to a rotation axis in a plane that includes the rotation axis, the trailing edges of the plurality of blades are formed so that they are positioned on a line approximately parallel to an axis of rotation of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Kunio Sumida, Toru Suita